Portraits

After classical studies and a degree in architecture in Venice, Giò Stefan worked in interior furnishings; working also for private individuals, she often needed to make the designed space “more personal”, imagining free and bare walls as an opportunity for expression. At the beginning of 2000, charmed by the enigmatic beauty of the portraits of the Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, Giò Stefan started proposing to her clients to personalize their home by portraying them in the space they lived in, so as to be present, like in a fake mirror, even if absent. With this target, the artist perfected her painting technique, using a small number of colors, with luminous tones and strong chromatic contrasts. As a “furnishing element”, the prevailing color is combined with that of the space in which it will be placed.